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Within the Elapidae family in Trinidad there are two poisonous coral snakes ( Micrurus lemniscatus , Micrurus circinalis ) which rarely bite dogs or humans since they are small, rare, and have retracted fangs [ 7 ] . Micrurus venom has moderate effects on blood coagulation and tissue integrity however victims rarely survive because the potent neurotoxin in the venom causes a postsynaptic blockade of neuromuscular transmission [ 6 ] . The neurotoxin can cause cranial nerve paralysis leading to neurotoxic facies or respiratory paralysis and death [ 6 ] .
The filter design is characterized by an off-center position and 'fish-mouth' opening, and can be retracted into any standard angioplasty balloon.
In an editorial Thursday, the Times of London decried the chaos afflicting international diplomacy over Kosovo, "with meetings scheduled and cancelled within hours, statements issued and promptly retracted, statesmen announcing their arrival in capitals unprepared to greet them, and leaders trying to keep telephone track of the Balkan imbroglio while locked into campaigns and duties thousands of miles away."
For example, one extreme lexical transformation is the nickname Poll which is derived from Mary, in which the m has been both occluded and unvoiced, the a has been retracted, the r has been lingualized, and the y has been dropped. (p. 306.)
This was utterly false, and Drudge retracted it under threat of a lawsuit.